![Masked shoppers in Northbridge during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2021-05/BA2493-2655_Masked%20shoppers%20in%20Northbridge%20during%20the%20COVID-19%20pandemic%202020.jpg?itok=RC61l25c)
WA history
The State Library's collection of WA COVID-19 images continues to grow, thanks to you. See highlights and find out how to donate.
![Aerial photograph of the Mt Tom Price iron ore mine 1972](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2021-06/BA2817-2405_Mt%20Tom%20Price%20mine%20c1972.jpg?h=66013979&itok=bV9VqKbS)
How do you find what you are searching for amongst the millions of images, maps, posters, newspapers, books, databases and directories in the State Library Catalogue? Learn how to dig in.
![Picnickers leaving for John Forrest National Park from the Parkerville Railway Station 1930](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2022-04/004525d_Picnickers%20leaving%20for%20John%20Forrest%20National%20Park%20from%20the%20Parkerville%20Railway%20Station%201930.jpg?h=e27eacbf&itok=NsGqV-73)
Videos explaining how to search the Catalogue for photographs and Trove for newspapers.
![John Portman with his camera c1959](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2021-06/130766PD_John%20Portman%20with%20his%20camera%20c1959.jpg?itok=t1Csq0_g)
Around one million images make up the Pictorial Collection including photographs, postcards, slides, albums, glass negatives, illustrations and art works.